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Cognitive Science Society is pleased to announce its 31st Annual Conference. The Society brings together researchers from many fields that hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific exchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Linguistics, Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology

Cognitive Science Society is pleased to announce its 31st Annual Conference. The Society brings together researchers from many fields that hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific exchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Linguistics, Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology.

The conference will be held in Amsterdam, at the Free University, from Wednesday, July 29th to Saturday, August 1st (Wednesday, July 29th, is a day of tutorials and workshops). The conference produces a digital proceedings of all papers and posters. All sessions will be accessible for those with disabilities.

In recent years The Society has continued its tradition of hosting symposia, workshops and conference streams featuring cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research presented by leading scientists. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, topics included: Psychocomputational models of language acquisition; How language affects thought; Integrating human and machine vision; Complex systems and the cognitive sciences; Cognitive science of games and gameplay; Cultural impacts on cognition ; Statistical learning in language, vision, and comparative cognition; Situated and embodied cognition; Building and evaluating models of human-level intelligence; and many more. Tutorial sessions have included: Computational models of spoken language processing, Embodied cognition and robotics, Cognitive science in the design of graphical images and interfaces, Computational cognitive neuroscience modeling using LEABRA in pdp++, Bayesian models of inductive learning, ACT-R, SOAR, Quantum information processing theory, and many more; and plenary speakers in the last three years have included John Anderson, Jeff Elman, Walter Kintsch, Jay McClelland, John Laird, David Plaut, Shimon Ullman, and other scientists whose work spans cognition, computation, language, and neuroscience. The 2009 program promises to be similarly diverse!

The 31st Annual Conference will feature three plenary speakers, Joshua Tenenbaum, Randall O'Reilly and Nicola Clayton. In addition, we will announce the 2009 Rumelhart Prize winner, Susan Carey, and the winner of the Heineken 2008 prize, Stanislas Dehaene.

Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands, and its largest city. Incorporated in the 14th century, Amsterdam is a liberal and vibrant city, rich with historical attractions, natural beauty, a multitude of shops and restaurants, and a thriving nightlife. Take an evening canal tour and see the enchanting lights of the beautifully illuminated bridges and canal houses; visit The Hague; see the vast collection of classic Dutch art at the Rijksmuseum; and explore the labyrinthine ''Red Light'' district. Amsterdam is also one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world and also boasts an excellent public transportation system.
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